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09/04/2014

OECD and tax avoidance: the story so far ...

02/04/2014

In a webcast from Paris this afternoon, the OECD updated the world on progress on the BEPS project to date. Pascal Saint-Amans stressed the process …

Stiglitz on Inequality

01/04/2014

Joseph Stiglitz's March 2014 presentation on the 'Causes and Consequences of Growing Inequality: and what can be done about it' is available here. …

Pope Francis on Economic Inequality

01/04/2014

Pope Francis has made a number of significant comments on economic inequality and economic policy in his EVANGELII GAUDIUM,a 224-page 'exhortation' …

Capital in the 21st Century (Piketty)

Nat O'Connor 31/03/2014

Nat O'Connor: Thomas Piketty, Associate Chair in the Paris School of Economics, has produced a seminal analysis of the past, present and potential …

Inequality for All

14/02/2014

TASC's screening and panel discussion at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival was one of the first films to be sold out! Robert Reich's …

Three Economic Lessons

14/02/2014

Professor Robert Reich presents "Why The Three Biggest Economic Lessons Were Forgotten" on Social Europe Journal: "First, America’s real job …

An Assessment of the PWC/World Bank 'Paying Taxes' Report

10/02/2014

Prof. Jim Stewart (Associate Professor of Finance TCD School of Business and member of TASC's Economists' Network) has published an assessment of the …

Costing a Universal Pension for Ireland

Gerard Hughes 20/11/2013

Gerry Hughes: Social Justice Ireland has published a detailed and fully costed study by Adam Larragy which proposes to replace the current …

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